Acquisition of AASC's Metal Plasma Thruster Technology Finalized

Acquisition Of AASC's Metal Plasma Thruster Technology Finalized

Benchmark Space Systems Finalizes Acquisition as Part of Hybrid Propulsion Strategy

Burlington, Vermont – October 4, 2022 Following on from our press release in early August announcing a definite agreement to acquire Alameda Applied Sciences Co. (AASC)'s propulsion technologies, as of this week, Benchmark Space Systems officially sealed the deal.  

The robust metal plasma thruster system, offered as 𝑿𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒔, can single-handedly address most cubesat missions and will be an integral tool for microsat mission optimization with high endurance ‘cruise control’ functionality for station keeping, mission extension, and ultra-precise pointing operations.   

The acquisition highlights an important milestone in Benchmark’s role in pioneering hybrid propulsion solutions that will deliver unprecedented operational versatility across cubesats, microsats, ESPAs, and OTVs.

According to our CEO, Ryan McDevitt, “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬'𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘕𝘊. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴.” 

For additional details regarding the MPT technology acquisition, hybrid CP + EP packages, including future On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) and in-space resource utilization (ISRU) techniques to enable a sustainable space ecosystem, check out our August 8th press release:
Press Release: The Space Economy Gets Major Tech Advancement with Hybrid Mobility Packages